Friday, July 5, 2013

Lone Star Love

I’ve had a Lone Star quilt on my mental to-do list since I started quilting…and seeing a block Elizabeth posted last week in Instagram gave me a push to do it.

(The block before squaring it up)

I thought this would be a bomb (not the bomb…aaaa bomb)…but it actually went together pretty easy.

The diamond strips are 1.5" cut and the red border strips are 1" cut. I realized while making this, that my seams matched up better when I didn’t pin at every seam. It might have something to do with the angled seams, being able to ease the fabric in as I go, or being able to feel where the seams intersect as I sew.

Or maybe it’s all in my head and I just hate to pin.

After I tucked my kids in bed I spent over an hour trying to figure out the math to make this block…and after I’d wasted an hour of my "Mom" time…I did a search online and found some great tutorials!

41 comments:

Well it more than justifies the effort; it's stunning! I'd be tempted to try to make one myself but I'm a little daunted by all the itty bitty pieces. But I think that might explain the pinning thing - perhaps if the pieces are that small even the finest pins distort them out of line.

Perfect! My first thought was "stunning, absolutely stunning" but as several others used the same adjective, tried to think of some other description. Words just don't do it justice! This is just so fun, so fresh! Allison, you have such a gift! Thank you for inspiring your family and the rest of us to think outside the box, to dream and to go for it!